CHAPTER X

FURNITURE OF THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES 295–327

Lacquer—Oriental Methods—European Importations and Limitations—Prices—An Ambassador’s Report—_Singerie_, _Chinoiserie_ and _Rocaille_—The Dutch Decadence—Interiors of Cornelis Troost—Mirrors—Wealth and Luxury of Dutch Merchants—Court Contrasts—Tapestry—Brussels as a Centre of Art and Luxury—Eighteenth Century Furniture—The Empire Style in the Low Countries—Dutch Homes of the Nineteenth Century—The Maarken House and Furniture—Typical Farmhouse and Furniture—Country Seats and Town Houses—Hindeloopen Houses and Furniture—A Friesland House—Canal Boat Furniture—Dutch Love of Symmetry—Collectors and Collections.

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Bed by Daniel Marot _Frontispiece_

I. Choir-Stall 4

II. Bedroom (Fifteenth Century) and Figs. 1–5 8

III. Flemish Dressoir (Fifteenth Century), and Figs. 14 6–9

IV. Credence (Fifteenth Century) 38

V. Coffer in Flemish Style 66

VI. Flemish Coffer or Huche 68

VII. Huche, or Bahut (Sixteenth Century) 70

VIII. Cabinet (Sixteenth Century) 84

IX. Armoire (Burgundian School) 86

X. Bedroom, by De Vries 92

XI. Flemish Bedstead (1580) and Figs. 10–18 94

Bed, Tables, Chair and Footstool, Flemish 106 Chairs. Figs. 19–25

XII. Bedstead, Chairs and Table, by J. Stradan 108

XIII. Bedstead, by De Vries 110

XIV. Bedstead, Rijks Museum 112

XV. Armoire, Rijks Museum 114

XVI. Glass Cupboard, or Vitrine, by De Vries 116

XVII. Glass Cupboard, or Vitrine, by De Vries 118

XVIII. Flemish Armoire and Figs. 26–27 120

XIX. Cabinet, or Armoire, by De Vries. Design for 122 Goldsmith’s Work, by Jerome Cock

XX. Cabinet, or Armoire, by De Vries. Design for 124 Goldsmith’s Work, by Jerome Cock

XXI. Design for Goldsmith’s Work, by Adrian Collaert 126

XXII. Design for Goldsmith’s Work, by Adrian Collaert 128

XXIII. Lady at Spinet, by J. M. Molenaer 132

XXIIIA. Spinet, by Ruckers 134

XXIV. Interior, by Barthol van Bassen (Seventeenth 136 Century) and Figs. 28–30

XXV. Panelled Bedstead, Rijks Museum 144

XXVI. The Sick Woman, by Jan Steen, and Figs. 31–34 146

XXVII. Woman with a Parrot, by Jan Steen 148

XXVIII. Flemish Chair, Cluny Museum 154

XXIX. Flemish Chair Cluny Museum 156

XXX. Chairs, Cluny Museum 158

XXXI. Marquetry Cabinet, Rijks Museum 160

XXXII. Kitchen, Stedelijk Museum 162

XXXIII. Chairs, Rijks Museum 164

XXXIV. Chairs, Rijks Museum 170

XXXV. Chairs, Rijks Museum 172

XXXVI. The Oyster Feast, by Jan Steen, and Figs. 35–37 248

XXXVII. The Sick Lady, by Hoogstraten 250

XXXVIII. Interior, by J. Koedyck 252

XXXIX. The Music Lesson, by Terborch 254

XL. Interior, by J. B. Weenix 256

XLI. Breakfast, by G. Metsu 258

XLII. Interior, by Jan Steen 260

XLIII. Kas of Ebony and Ivory, Rijks Museum 262

XLIV. Dutch Kas, Cluny Museum 264

XLV. Flemish Chair, Cluny Museum 266

XLVI. “Buire,” by Mosyn, Auricular Style 268

Screen in the Style Refugié. Fig. 39 272

XLVII. Carved Oak Bahut, Cluny Museum, and Fig. 38 274

Sophas, Lower part of Chair, Lambrequins. Figs. 276 40–45

XLVIII. Bed and Bedroom, by Marot 278

XLIX. Mirrors and Sconces, by Marot 280

L. Mirrors, by Marot 282

LI. Mirrors, Console Table and Candlestands, by 284 Marot

LII. Tables and Mascarons, by Marot 286

LIII. Clocks and Details, by Marot 288

LIV. Interior, by Cornelis Troost 298

Cabinet from Liège, Dutch Mirror Frame. Figs. 300 46–47

LV. Interior, by Cornelis Troost 302

LVI. Room in the Stedelijk Museum 308

LVII. In Bruitlaen, by Artz 312